Gamers will have a final opportunity to get their favorite games on Steam.  A select number of the most sought-after titles from the Steam Holiday Sale will reprise their biggest discounts for two additional days.  The Encore Weekend begins at 10am PST on January 5^th (Saturday) and runs until 10am PST on January 7^th (Monday).

In Neverwinter, players choose to become one of five classic D&D classes and team up with friends or NPCs to form five-person co-op groups. Players also create their own storylines and quests utilizing a user-friendly content generation system.

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 will feature the most extensive character roster of any game so far in the series, letting fans engage with a huge number of their favorite personalities from the Naruto Shippuden universe, be they friend or foe.

Age of Empires Online invites players to create a living, growing online world, shared with friends and friendly rivals around the globe.

Set approx. 10 years after the events of the original, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. All along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to Rapture. You will play as the first Big Daddy as you travel through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and your own survival.

FIFA 13 promises to bring revolutionary changes to the game along with the largest and deepest feature set in the history of the franchise.

Nintendo added five NDSi/eShop titles, one video to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem points to download: Gunman Clive, Unchained Blades, Air Battle Hockey 3D, Galaxy Saver, Snowboard Xtreme (NDSi/3DS/eShop), and Nintendo Video Best of 2012 (video).

Company of Heroes 2 is an RTS game that moves the battle away from the common Western Front focus of World War II and refocuses on some of history’s most brutal and devastating conflicts on the Eastern Front.

In Defiance players are introduced to a world where humans and aliens live together on a planet ravaged by decades of conflict. The game combines the intense action of a shooter, with the persistence, scale, and customization of an MMO, while its TV counterpart exudes the scope, story, and drama of a classic sci-fi epic.

Premium entertainment network EPIX announced plans to launch the EPIX app on the PS3 during the first quarter of 2013, with an app for the PS Vita to follow in the spring.

Dance Magic is a new, high-energy motion game for PlayStation 3.

The Sims 3: Seasons introduces new activities, seasonal festivals and celebrations, dramatic weather effects and more, allowing players to transform their Sims' worlds with the change of each season as they play with life ... and the weather.

Metro: Last Light will immerse the player in the haunting, desolate ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, one of the most richly detailed, and beautifully realized gaming worlds of modern times.

In Elite: Dangerous is a space simulation game where you take a ship and 100 credits to make money legally or illegally - trade, bounty-hunt, pirate, assassinate your way across the galaxy.

The Legends of Chima videogames will each provide an entirely unique and exciting adventure that builds to the next experience and complement the universe of products, which includes construction sets, vehicles, TV content and more.

A Valley Without Wind 2 brings a vast platforming adventure together with a compelling turn-based strategy game - all within a living, breathing world full of danger and surprises.

EA announced that servers for the games listed below will be shut down on the indicated dates, just like it has in the past few years. Fans may continue to play the games online up until these dates, but certain community programs may begin to close down prior to the shutdown dates.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is a new Final Fantasy adventure, the concluding chapter to the story of the iconic and popular character Lightning.

So far, we've revealed the honorable mentions, top handheld and downloadable titles, top console and PC offerings, and the countdown of games 11-20. Today we're finishing up the countdown of the top 20 titles, including what WP considers to be the best game of 2012. Read more for the final results!

Legends of Dawn is a fantasy RPG action adventure with the dynamic quest system and huge worlds.

Building upon the daring visual design and gratifying first-person fisticuffs of the acclaimed original, Zeno Clash II is bigger, bolder, and better in every way.

Fez is a platforming game that uses 2-D/3-D perspective shifts and optical illusions to drive gameplay. Gomez is a 2-D man on a voyage of discovery into the mysterious third dimension.

With all new character classes, an expansive overworld, new quests, monsters, and lots of new dungeons, Torchlight II finally lets you play with your friends in the world of Torchlight with an expansive co-op multiplayer experience.

So far, we've revealed the honorable mentions, top handheld and downloadable titles, and top console and PC offerings. Today we're starting the countdown of the top 20 titles – tune in tomorrow to see what WP considers to be the best game of 2012. Read more for the results!

The entire WorthPlaying team wishes everybody a Happy New Year! We hope everybody had a safe transition from old to new, and may 2013 be even better than last year. Thank you for sticking around, spread the word, and let's make things even better!